Tour de Yorkshire: Hermans solos to victory in Leeds

By Daniel Benson

published 3 May 2015

Nordhaug seals overall victory

(opens in new tab)
(opens in new tab)
(opens in new tab)

Image 1 of 97

Bradley Wiggins (WIGGINS) (Image credit: ASO)

Fans watch the peloton pass by on stage three (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Bradley Wiggins (WIGGINS) with the number one dossard (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Team Sky controlling the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ian Boswell (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

CJ Sutton and Ian Boswell (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton passes the Ford Inn (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

CJ Sutton (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The view at the back of the bunch (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Team Sky controlled the race today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

CJ Sutton controlling the pace for Team Sky (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The breakway (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ben Hermans (BMC) celebrates winning stage 3 of the Tour de Yorkshire from Wakefield to Leeds

The peloton spread across the road (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton mid-way through the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Bradley Wiggins (WIGGINS) at the start line (Image credit: ASO)

Bradley Wiggins and the WIGGINS team at sign on (Image credit: ASO)

Bradley Wiggins (WIGGINS) during the stage (Image credit: ASO)

Perrig Quéméneur (Europcar) at the sign on (Image credit: ASO)

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) at the sign on (Image credit: ASO)

Topsport-Vlaanderen (Image credit: ASO)

Local Continental team Madison Genesis are presented to the crowd (Image credit: ASO)

The NFTO riders at sign on (Image credit: ASO)

Moreno Hofland (LottoNL-Jumbo) wearing the points jersey (Image credit: ASO)

The peloton passes the coast (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Last minute interview for Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) (Image credit: ASO)

The third and final stage of the Tour de Yorkshire about to get underway (Image credit: ASO)

The peloton passes through the green Wakefield (Image credit: ASO)

The fans enjoying the final day of racing (Image credit: ASO)

Yannick Martinez (Europcar) is the last rider in a strung out peloton (Image credit: ASO)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) (Image credit: ASO)

CJ Sutton (Team Sky) (Image credit: ASO)

An NFTO rider gets clear from the peloton (Image credit: ASO)

The peloton in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire (Image credit: ASO)

Perrig Quéméneur (Europcar) in the KOM jersey he would lose at the end of the race (Image credit: ASO)

The fans packed the roadside just as they did at last year's Tour de France (Image credit: ASO)

Race leader Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) (Image credit: ASO)

Team Sky controlling the pace (Image credit: ASO)

The breakaway in the Yorkshire countyside (Image credit: ASO)

The breakaway during the stage (Image credit: ASO)

Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (MTN – Qhubeka) (Image credit: ASO)

The day's breakaway passes by Pecket Wall (Image credit: ASO)

The picturesque countryside of Yorkshire (Image credit: ASO)

The peloton crests the Côte de Hebden Bridge (Image credit: ASO)

The peloton passes through the town of Haworth (Image credit: ASO)

Mark McNally (Madison Genesis) (Image credit: ASO)

Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) (Image credit: ASO)

Lawson Craddock (Giant-Alpecin) wins the sprint in Ukley (Image credit: ASO)

There was lots of support for the riders all along the route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Nicloas Edet (Cofidis) (Image credit: ASO)

Ian Bibby (NFTO) won the most combative prize (Image credit: ASO)

The jersey winners at the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire (Image credit: ASO)

Nathan Earle tries on a police custodian helmet on the podium (Image credit: ASO)

Lars Petter Nordhaug at the post-race press conference (Image credit: ASO)

Another win for Ben Hermans (BMC), another podium visit (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ben Hermans (BMC) on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Overall winner Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) salutes from the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) in the leader's jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) pulls on green (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Points classification victor Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) and Samuel Sánchez (BMC) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The overall podium: Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) and Samuel Sánchez (BMC) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

People are trying to find the best vantage point possible including the rocks in the far distance (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

It was a big day out in Yorkshire for the race today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

BMC lead the peloton through the fans (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton can hardly believe how many fans there are (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Not much room for the peloton to ride on with all the fans packing the road (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Yorkshire in all its glory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) seals overall victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) safe in the leader's jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Is is the Cote de Saint Nicolas? No it's Main Street, Haworth (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The moors of Yorkshire (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The full beauty of the Yorkshire countryside on display (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ian Boswell (Team Sky) trying to fathom where all the people came from (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Not too many fans at this section of the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton under blue skies (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Team Sky looking after Lars Petter Nordhaug (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

CJ Sutton stretches the legs (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Fans cheers on the peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) also won the points jersey (Image credit: ASO)

CJ Sutton (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Colourful crowds line the roadside (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ben Hermans (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ben Hermans (BMC Racing) on the podium after winning the final stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Ben Hermans (BMC Racing) wins the final stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) wins the overall title at the Tour de Yorkshire (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) also won the points classification (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) wins the green points jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

The final overall podium at the Tour de Yorkshire (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) tops the overall podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Team Sky on the front to protect GC leader Nordhaug

The peloton single file under threatening rain clouds

The clouds break to blue sky as the peloton races through stage 3